Category Archives: Cox GA

Cox, Georgia

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A dilapidated wooden house partially covered in vines, surrounded by tall grasses and trees draped with moss, under bright sunlight.

This little central hallway cottage was bathed in bright sunlight when I made this photo a few years ago. The Spanish Moss and oak canopy were a perfect frame for this enigmatic landmark. Everything about Cox, Georgia, is an enigma. Located in the vicinity of a long lost 18th-century frontier fortification known as Fort Barrington, on the Altamaha River, the community was first known as Barrington. It was named for Josiah Barrington, a cousin of James Oglethorpe. People have been inhabiting these swampy backwoods near the coast since the early days of the Georgia colony.

The post office for Barrington was open from 1894-1916. Cox never had the honor. The Seaboard Air Line Railway operated a line through the area, and it was likely due to the lumber and turpentine business that would have been prolific here in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Perhaps Cox was someone involved in one of those businesses.

This isn’t somewhere you find by accident. It’s located at the terminus of Possum Point Road, and a recently placed sign proudly makes reference to the marsupial moniker. In fact, it states: Welcome to Possum Point, Cox, Georgia, Population: Just a Few, Richard Bolin, Sr., Mayor

Second Woodland Baptist Church, Cox

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This historic African-American congregation near Cox was established in the 1890s but that’s all the information I’ve been able to locate so far. I’m guessing there was an earlier Woodland Church, hence the name.

Wayfair Primitive Baptist Church, Cox

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An old, rustic wooden cabin with a weathered metal roof, surrounded by tall pine trees and grassy terrain.

Wayfair Primitive Baptist Church is the only representative congregation of the Alabaha Association Crawfordites in McIntosh County. It was established in 1873 but little else is known about it. It is no longer active but the cemetery is still used for burials.

Interior of an old wooden building with brown wooden beams, benches arranged in rows, a blue rocking chair, and a wooden counter in the foreground.

Like all of the Crawfordite meeting houses, Wayfair is free of ornament and any modern creature comforts.

Interior of a rustic wooden structure featuring benches, a wooden counter, and windows, with two brooms leaning against the wall.

Members of this faith believed that such enhancements distracted from worship.

Interior view of a wooden ceiling with exposed beams and a sloped design, showing weathered wood and some spider webs.

The carpentry skills of the members are on full display in each of these meeting houses, and Wayfair is no exception.

An old, wooden cabin with a rusty roof, surrounded by pine trees and open grassland.

These photographs were made in 2012; they were originally posted on Vanishing South Georgia.

Gable Front Cottage, Cox

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Possum Point Road, Cox

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An old, abandoned house with a rusty roof and a nearby vintage trailer, surrounded by overgrown grass and trees under a blue sky.

Deep in the Altamaha River swamps is the forgotten logging community of Cox. Most land in the area is managed, but pockets of private property persist. While vernacular architecture is widely endangered throughout the state, it seems even more so along the coast.